Researchers from Michigan State University believe they have invented a better—or at least a cheaper—version of the proverbial mouse trap. Except instead of a mouse trap, it's a moth trap. The new device is described ...
Ecology
Mar 30, 2016
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White grubs, commonly known as masked chafers, are fat, cream-colored, brown-headed larvae that can be pests of turfgrass.
Ecology
Mar 30, 2016
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Over the past decade, beekeepers in the U.S. and other countries have had problems keeping their bees healthy. Some of the potential causes of their problems include the Varroa destructor mite, pesticides, pathogens, and ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 23, 2016
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Citrus greening disease, also known as Asiatic huanglongbing (HLB), is spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri). The disease mars leaves, shrinks and turns fruit bitter, and eventually kills trees. So far incurable, ...
Ecology
Feb 16, 2016
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Bombus occidentalis used to be the most common bumble bee species in the Pacific Northwest, but in the mid 1990s it became one of the rarest. Now, according to an article in the Journal of Insect Science offers, it may be ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2016
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Scientists who conduct research on insects need to be able to keep them alive, sometimes for many generations. That can be difficult, especially since members of many insect species are particularly picky eaters.
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2016
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The Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis) has flown under the research radar too long, despite the fact that it has been ravaging U.S. crops for almost a century, according to Louis Nottingham, lead author of a newly ...
Ecology
Feb 2, 2016
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Many studies have been done on how effective certain pesticides are when they are applied to bed bugs. However, most have not allowed the bed bugs to take a blood meal after being exposed to pesticides, which can change the ...
Ecology
Jan 26, 2016
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If there's one word that describes the squash bug (Anasa tristis), it is frustrating, according to Hélène Doughty, the lead author of an article that appears in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management.
Ecology
Jan 20, 2016
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Three new species of chigger mites have been discovered in Thailand, and are described in an article in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2016
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